Re-turning machine for manufacturing shoes.



No. 771,975. PATENTED OCT. 11, 1904. F. FEENEY.

RBI-TURNING MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING SHOES.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC. so. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 11, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FIE-TURNING MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING SHOES SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,975, dated October 11, 1904.

Application filed December 30,1905. Serial No. 187,242. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS FEENEY, aBritish subject, and a resident of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Re- Turning Machines for Manufacturing Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

In the manufacture of shoes and slippers the uppers are sewed or stitched to soles while inside out, and it is necessary then to turn both the heels and the fore parts over to bring the right side outermost. This when done by hand, as is usually the case, is a very troublesome and tiresome task entailing considerable labor and time.- This invention is designed to provide apparatus by the assistance of which the operation can be performed very quickly and with ease and but little exertion on the part of the operative.

It consists, essentially, in apparatus con- I structed with a long pointed or narrow beak of a shape to fit into the fore part or toe of a slipper, the lower part of which is pivoted to open to grip the heel and facing the beak a tubularor other bracket to support a mov-" able toe-shaped half last or block between it and the end of the beak.

The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of theappara tus, showing parts in position for turning the heels of shoes and slippers; Fig. 2, a side elevation showing parts in position for turning over the fore parts of shoes and slippers; Fig. 3, a plan, partly in section, of Fig. 1; Fig. 4:, a plan of Fig. 2.

The apparatus is constructed with a long beak-shaped stand or bracket A, placed at some distance from the base B upon a curved upright or support C. The beak shaped stand A is made in two jaws a a, pivoted together, so as to open and close. The lower jaw 60 is movable and is of bell-crank or other similar form, with a member a by which it is operated to clamp it upon anythingplaced between the jaws. The two jaws a a are forced together by a toggle-lever D, operated by a rod E, connected with a treadle or other lever. One end of the toggle-lever D is pivoted to the bell-crank member a of the movable jaw a, and the other end is pivoted to a collar (Z, carried on a screw F, passed into the upright C, by which the movement of the toggle can be adjusted to apply more or less pressure to the jaws. The lower jaw 60 is preferably made to project somewhat beyond the upper one to form a rest for the toe of the shoe or slipper when turning over the fore part.

In front of the beak shaped stand A is placed a bracket K, pivoted on the top of a pillar L, capable of swinging from a horizontal to an inclined position (see Fig. 1) and drawn back by a spring M. The bracket K is tubular, preferably, with a spring is in the interior to receive the end of a rod 12, attached to a half last or block N, which fits into the fore part of the shoe or slipper.

For turning the fore part of slippers only the beak A may be made without the lower or opening part, with a projection to support the toe of the last N.

In operation to turn the heel of the shoe or slipper the back of the heel is firmly gripped in the beak with the toe of the shoe hanging down. The toe is raised by the operative over or around the point of the beak, thus turning the right side of the heel outermost. The fore part of the slipper is then fitted onto the half-last N and is supported on the rod n in the bracket K with the toe of the slipper resting on the projecting tongue or under part of the beak. When in this position, the shoe is gripped by the operative and pulled forward off the last over the beak, turning it right side out.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. An appliance for turning the heels and fpre parts of shoes and slippers, comprising in its construction a beak-shaped bracket A of a shape to fit into aslipper, with a fixed jaw and a clamping-jaw to grip the heel, a depending lever to operate the clamping-jaw, and an adjustable toggle-lever connected to the lever by which the jaw is opened and closed,- substantially as described.

2. In appliances for turning the heels and fore part of turn-over shoes and slippers, thecombination with a beak-shaped bracket constructed with two jaws over which the shoe is turned, the lower jaw projecting beyond In In witness whereof Ihave hereunto signed y name 1n the presence of two subscribing I the upper one to form a rest for the last, ii. witnesses. pivoted bracket K placed in front of the saic 5 beak-shaped bracket and a half-last supported FRANCIS FEENEY' thereon, the toe of which rests upon the pro- Witnesses:

jecting end of the lower jaw, substantially as described.

J. OWDEN OBRIEN, B. TALHAM WOODHEAD. 

